The present invention relates to the induction of male sterility in plants. Male sterility is induced by using viral vectors which are biologically contained, self-replicating and capable of the non-nuclear chromosomal transformation of a plant and which contain a nucleotide sequence capable of inducing male sterility. The invention further relates to viruses containing the viral vectors which are transmissible, i.e. infective. Plant are infected by the viruses of the invention in order to induce male sterility.
申请公布号
WO9013654(A1)
申请公布日期
1990.11.15
申请号
WO1990US02404
申请日期
1990.05.04
申请人
BIOSOURCE GENETICS CORPORATION
发明人
GRILL, LAURENCE, K.;TURPEN, THOMAS, H.;ERWIN, ROBERT, L.